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An interesting experience happened to me the other day. I was sitting in a talk organised by a local organisation, using my laptop to live tweet what the speaker was talking about. Some of my followers on Twitter could be interested in the subject matter, and I’m very much into sharing what I learn. Anyway, at the end of the talk, the person sitting to my immediate right too my aside and proceeded to complain in no uncertain terms about…

Image via Wikipedia An interesting page on CNN outlines the top 100 best companies to work for. The top three are SAS, Edward Jones and Wegmans but there are also a number of other well known names in there. It doesn’t matter if you went to the best business school or just followed one of those medical coding training courses, it’s good to have faith in your employer and to know you work somewhere that you can be proud of….

Image via Wikipedia How good are you at selling yourself? Your products? Your accomplishments? Well, if you’re not all that hot, it’s best to start working on it. This was the message I read when digesting a recent article on Business Week called Lessons from Google’s Underwhelming Nexus One Show which analyses the recent announcement on the Google Nexus One phone and in particular compares it to the iPhone announcement 3 years ago. Delivering your message is one of the…

Do you know what personality type you are? Well, you may have some ideas, but it’s good to take a personality test to find out. It’s good to know because the way you interact with others is very much dependant on your personality type; and what their personality type is too. One good test is the Myers-Brigg test and the closely related Jung test. It’s always good to evaluate yourself, especially as we all change over time. The last thing…

It’s quite interesting having a Maltese background and working here in the UK. Not that things are so different here, but my experiences are different from the people around me. That gives me a double benefit. On one side, I’ve seen ideas and executions that are different to what the people around me have experiences. This helps me inject new ideas into what’s going on around me. On the other hand, it provides an opportunity for me to learn from…